Inga

See also: inga, ingå, and Iŋgá

Translingual

Etymology 1

Of South American origin

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals.
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References

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Oecophoridae – certain of the concealer moths.
Hypernyms
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References

English

Etymology 1

From Meitei language

Proper noun

Inga

  1. The third month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.

Etymology 2

From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɡə/

Proper noun

Inga

  1. A female given name from Old Norse.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

Inga

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

  • More common in Denmark in the form Inge.

Estonian

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

Inga

  1. a female given name

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪŋːka/

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Inga: Inguson
  • daughter of Inga: Ingudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Inga
Accusative Ingu
Dative Ingu
Genitive Ingu

French

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ɡa/

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. a female given name

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Inga

  1. a female given name, variant of Inge

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. a female given name

Declension

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Inga m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Further reading

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1827. From Old Norse Inga. Cognate to Danish and Swedish Inga.

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. a female given name

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Inga was the only given name of 12 588 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. a female given name

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga. First recorded in Norway around 1200.

Proper noun

Inga

  1. a female given name

Old High German

Proper noun

Inga

  1. a female given name

References

  1. Forstemann, Ernst Wilhelm. Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1, 783.

Old Norse

Etymology

A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god Ing or Yngvi").

Proper noun

Inga f (genitive Ingu)

  1. a female given name

Descendants

  • Danish: Inga, Inge
  • Faroese: Inga
  • Icelandic: Inga
  • Norwegian: Inga
  • Swedish: Inga

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiŋɡa/

Proper noun

Inga f (genitive singular Ingy, nominative plural Ingy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Ingrida

Declension

Further reading

  • Ingrida”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga. Also recorded as a modern diminutive of Ingeborg and Ingrid.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Inga c (genitive Ingas)

  1. a female given name

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN 33 159 females with the given name Inga living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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